Chuck Bender – Woodworking

The Wharton Esherick stool class allows you to perfect your sculpted mortise and tenons. Wharton Esherick Stool Wharton Esherick is one of the most influential woodworkers of the last century. In this class you’ll recreate Esherick’s 1929 stool with sculpted mortise-and-tenon joinery. Or get creative and adapt the design to your own taste.   Some[...]

The ultimate test of your woodworking skills – the Chippendale chair. The angled rear legs and trapezoidal seat come together with compound angled mortise-and-tenon joints. Combine the joinery with a couple of cabriole legs, a curved back splat and a carved crest and you’ve got a woodworking project tour de force. Chippendale Chair This chair[...]

The ultimate test of your woodworking skills – the Chippendale chair. The angled rear legs and trapezoidal seat come together with compound angled mortise-and-tenon joints. Combine the joinery with a couple of cabriole legs, a curved back splat and a carved crest and you’ve got a woodworking project tour de force. Chippendale Chair This chair[...]